delanceyplace archive

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Daily Excerpt Subject
buying your way into high society -- 2/28/17
ancient sports fanatics -- 2/27/16
temperature influences our feelings -- 2/24/17
how long to form a habit -- 2/23/17
nathan's famous hot dogs and upton sinclair -- 2/22/17
unaccompanied women were not allowed in restaurants -- 2/21/17
pancho villa and emiliano zapata -- 2/17/17
the founding of islam -- 2/16/17
casting out immigrants -- 2/15/17
napoleon's love letter to josephine -- 2/14/17
the rise of an american "strongman" was predicted in 1998 -- 2/13/17
how new amsterdam became new york -- 2/10/17
fred astaire and ginger rogers -- 2/09/17
kitty genovese -- 2/8/17
the favelas of brazil -- 2/8/17
feasts of dolphin flavored with oriental spices -- 2/7/17
polynesian masters of the sea -- 2/6/17
the invention of the railroad -- 2/3/17
the great circle of life -- 2/2/17
beating up george lucas -- 2/1/17